Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volym 21771 |
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... never went by candle - light to bed : With exercife she sweat ill humours out , Her dancing was not hinder'd by the gout . Her poverty was glad ; her heart content , Nor knew the what the spleen or vapours meant . Of wine she never ...
... never went by candle - light to bed : With exercife she sweat ill humours out , Her dancing was not hinder'd by the gout . Her poverty was glad ; her heart content , Nor knew the what the spleen or vapours meant . Of wine she never ...
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... never born to fear . Madam , quoth he , grammercy for your care , But Cato , whom you quoted , you may spare : ' Tis true , a wife , and worthy man he seems , And ( as you fay ) gave no belief to dreams : But other men of more authority ...
... never born to fear . Madam , quoth he , grammercy for your care , But Cato , whom you quoted , you may spare : ' Tis true , a wife , and worthy man he seems , And ( as you fay ) gave no belief to dreams : But other men of more authority ...
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... never saw a fox , Yet hunn'd him as a failor fhuns the rocks . But the falfe loon who could not work his will By open force , employ'd his flatt'ring skill ; I hope , my lord , faid he , I not offend , Are you afraid of me , that am ...
... never saw a fox , Yet hunn'd him as a failor fhuns the rocks . But the falfe loon who could not work his will By open force , employ'd his flatt'ring skill ; I hope , my lord , faid he , I not offend , Are you afraid of me , that am ...
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... robes he was to wear : ther loom , d returning home , oys that never were to an od'rous flame , ltars came , As an empty name . Far above the reft Ows addrefs'd , The covetous worldling in his anxious mind Thinks only on ...
... robes he was to wear : ther loom , d returning home , oys that never were to an od'rous flame , ltars came , As an empty name . Far above the reft Ows addrefs'd , The covetous worldling in his anxious mind Thinks only on ...
Sida 54
... never more to rife again . Some few on fcatter'd planks with fruitless care Lay hold , and swim , but while they swim , despair . Ev'n he who late a fceptre did command , Now grafps a floating fragment in his hand , And while he ...
... never more to rife again . Some few on fcatter'd planks with fruitless care Lay hold , and swim , but while they swim , despair . Ev'n he who late a fceptre did command , Now grafps a floating fragment in his hand , And while he ...
Vanliga ord och fraser
Achilles againſt Ajax ANDREW FOULIS arms becauſe beſt betwixt blood breaſt Caeneus caft call'd caſt cauſe Centaur Ceyx chanticleer cloſe Corythus cou'd crown'd cry'd Cymon Daedalion dame death defcended defire deſpair dream durft Eurytus ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fear feas feaſt feek feem'd feen feiz'd fent fhall fide fight fince fire firſt flain fleep fome foon forc'd fought foul freſh ftill fuch fword gueſt hand heav'n himſelf Hippodame houſe huſband join'd juſt laft laſt lefs loft look'd lov'd maid mind mix'd moſt muſt night pleaſe pleaſure pow'r prefs'd prey Priam purfu'd purſue rais'd receiv'd refolv'd reft reſt Reynard rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhield ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſweet thee thefe theſe thoſe thou try'd turn'd Twas waves whoſe wife winds wou'd wound
Populära avsnitt
Sida 65 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Sida 153 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
Sida 61 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Sida 60 - Joys inspire. The Song began from Jove ; Who left his blissful Seats above, (Such is the Pow'r of mighty Love.) A Dragon's fiery Form bely'd the God : Sublime on Radiant Spires He rode, When He to fair Olympia...
Sida 167 - Her limbs were form'd with such harmonious grace : So faultless was the frame, as if the whole Had been an emanation of the soul...
Sida 34 - He cheer'd the dogs to follow her who fled, And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. As Theodore was born of noble kind, The brutal...
Sida 3 - And two Ghosts join their Packs to hunt her o'er the Plain. This dreadful Image so possess'd her Mind, That desp'rate any Succour else to find, She ceas'd all farther hope; and now began To make reflection on th...
Sida 62 - And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.